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hangun

Help with remembering a Game Design quote from this subreddit.

This is gonna be odd but few weeks back I've read a Game Design or maybe it was just design quote in a post in this subreddit and it was something along the lines of ''game design is about the art of reduction''.. or something similar to that, its been on my mind lately but I am getting frustrated because I cant remember the exact quote and its bothering me and my OCD so much.

Pls send help. Thanks

Posted Jan 16, 2020, 3:09 PM UTC

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Alayric•

"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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hangunOP•

something along those lines but it was shorter and straight.

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ArchfiendJ•

I don't remember the exact quote, it was said about FTL clone failing.

"Game design is about not being able to remove a feature, not throwing every feature you can"

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hangunOP•

its similar but not the one that i am talking about

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correojon•

Maybe this one?

Complexity should come from layers of simplicity, rather than singular impenetrable chunks.

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hangunOP•

nop, but i know this one and its great, what i am looking for is similar to this. thanks tho

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